What The Burros Know isn’t written in any book — it’s in the way they move through Oatman like they own the place. She said she came for the donkeys, but I think they came for her. They blocked traffic without a care, one even standing in front of her rental car for a full … Read more
The Woman at Roy’s Motel and Cafe on Route 66 wasn’t supposed to be there. Not in Amboy, not in the desert, and certainly not in the middle of Roy’s. Yet there she was, suitcase in the trunk, funeral program still riding shotgun. She had flown out for a funeral in California and planned to … Read more
We Saw Her is a Route 66 story about noticing a young woman in trouble, stepping in with kindness, and remembering that some people just need to be seen. We were somewhere along Route 66, just as the day gave in to evening. That quiet hour when the air cools faster than expected and the … Read more
